Thursday, April 26, 2012

Please meet a Saudi liberal (another term for a mouthpiece of a Saudi prince)

"Today the human rights activists — a false term they do not deserve — in Saudi Arabia have been exposed again by another scandal, that of the arrest of the accused Egyptian Ahmed Al-Gizawi. It was rumored that he had been arrested immediately upon his arrival to Saudi Arabia solely for raising a lawsuit against the Saudi king. Those claiming to be human rights activists rushed to his defense, demanding his release, but they were soon exposed by another scandal, this time by the Egyptian ambassador to Riyadh, who confirmed the Saudi story and revealed that the man was being held on charges of smuggling narcotic pills into Saudi Arabia, and not because he filed a lawsuit against the Saudi king! Is there anything more scandalous than this for those who claim they are Saudi human rights activists? Of course they are very far from that in reality! The truth is that no one can claim to be a human rights activist and then launch a frenzied campaign against me because of an article I wrote last week. True, the title of my article was worthy of debate, but these activists had no idea how to do this and opted to insult me instead of putting forward an opinion worthy of standing behind, or a vision that shows a degree of awareness." With liberals like this, what is a conservative in the Arabic Saudi-funded media? (thanks Sultan)

Comic by Terry Furry, reproduced from "Heard the One About the Funny Leftist?" by Cris Thompson, East Bay Express

As'ad's Bio

As'ad AbuKhalil, born March 16, 1960. From Tyre, Lebanon, grew up in Beirut. Received his BA and MA from American University of Beirut in pol sc. Came to US in 1983 and received his PhD in comparative government from Georgetown University. Taught at Tufts University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, Colorado College, and Randolph-Macon Woman's College. Served as a Scholar-in-Residence at Middle East Institute in Washington DC. He served as free-lance Middle East consultant for NBC News and ABC News, an experience that only served to increase his disdain for maintream US media. He is now professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus. His favorite food is fried eggplants.

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